The Magic Carpet Flight Manual
Writer Cathy FitzGerald explores the past, present, and very real future of the magic carpet and wonders what our desire to defy gravity tells us about ourselves. We dream of flying and often long to ...
24 Sep 201023min
Assignment - American and Muslim
With anti-Islamic sentiment on the rise in America, Claire Bolderson reports for Assignment on what it is like to be a young American muslim in America and explores what is being done to stop them bec...
23 Sep 201023min
World Stories: Revolutions in Iran
How does the spread of ideas impact individual lives, shape millions of minds, fuel revolutions and alter world opinion? Afshin Dehkordi is on a quest to find out in the context of both Iran's recent ...
22 Sep 201023min
Mysteries of the Brain - Part One
"Why do we like and dislike certain foods? The most important thing in the tasting process is not the tongue, nose or ears – it’s the brain." Barry Smith explores how the brain makes us capable of lan...
20 Sep 201023min
Seeking the Endgame - Part Two
Chess fanatic Simon Terrington goes on a wide ranging journey and asks the question, why does chess still have a place in the 21st century.
17 Sep 201021min
Assignment - Senegal's Schoolboy Beggars
Angus Crawford reports from Senegal for Assignment on what the government there is doing to protect thousands of schoolboys whose teachers send them out to beg on the streets every day.
16 Sep 201023min
World Stories: The Children of Pedro Pan
During operation Pedro Pan, 14,000 children were sent from Cuba by the parents for what was supposed to be a better life in the US. For some it was an adventure, for a great many others life away from...
15 Sep 201023min
Zainab's Story
"She walked in like a commander of the armed forces - despite the fact they had guns - she told them it was time for peace". Meet Sierra Leone's foreign minister Zainab Bangura, a remarkable woman who...
13 Sep 201023min
